Social Characteristics - Estimate Percent U.S. Margin of Error
Average household size 3.13 (X) 2.61 +/-0.03
Average family size 3.67 (X) 3.20 +/-0.05

Population 25 years and over 418,098     +/-749
  High school graduate or higher (X) 68.3 84.1% (X)
  Bachelor's degree or higher (X) 17.8 27.0% (X)
Civilian veterans (civilian population 18 years and over) 50,112 10.1 10.4% +/-2,965
Disability status (population 5 years and over) 98,186 15.2 15.1% +/-5,191
Foreign born 202,516 27.5 12.5% +/-8,684
Male, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over) 130,732 51.7 52.4% +/-3,705
Female, Now married, except separated (population 15 years and over) 134,070 46.6 48.4% +/-4,296
Speak a language other than English at home (population 5 years and over) 504,557 75.9 19.7% +/-6,681
 

Household population 719,867     *****
Group quarters population (X) (X) (X) (X)
         
Economic Characteristics - Estimate Percent   Margin of Error
In labor force (population 16 years and over) 312,008 59.0 65.0% +/-4,916
Mean travel time to work in minutes (workers 16 years and over) 21.7 (X) 25.0% +/-0.1
Median household income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars) 32,111 (X) 48,451 +/-1,087
Median family income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars) 34,830 (X) 58,526 +/-1,320
Per capita income (in 2006 inflation-adjusted dollars) 14,752 (X) 25,267 +/-563
Families below poverty level (X) 24.9 9.8% (X)
Individuals below poverty level (X) 27.7 13.3% (X)
         
Housing Characteristics - Estimate Percent   Margin of Error
Total housing units 249,289     +/-194
  Occupied housing units 229,911 92.2 88.4% +/-2,396
    Owner-occupied housing units 147,670 64.2 67.3% +/-3,157
    Renter-occupied housing units 82,241 35.8 32.7% +/-3,773
  Vacant housing units 19,378 7.8 11.6% +/-2,416

Owner-occupied homes 147,670     +/-3,157
  Median value (dollars) 88,000 (X)   +/-1,396
Median of selected monthly owner costs        
  With a mortgage (dollars) 936 (X)   +/-15
  Not mortgaged (dollars) 314 (X)   +/-10
         
ACS Demographic Estimates - Estimate Percent   Margin of Error
  Total population 736,310     *****
  Male 352,171 47.8 49.2% +/-677
  Female 384,139 52.2 50.8% +/-677
Median age (years) 30.6 (X) 36.4% +/-0.2
Under 5 years 71,645 9.7 6.8% +/-296
18 years and over 503,275 68.4 75.4% +/-322
65 years and over 75,362 10.2 12.4% +/-355

One race 721,844 98.0 98.0% +/-2,652
  White 556,315 75.6 73.9% +/-9,839
  Black or African American 20,541 2.8 12.4% +/-1,298
  American Indian and Alaska Native 4,511 0.6 0.8% +/-1,252
  Asian 7,883 1.1 4.4% +/-897
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 855 0.1 0.1% +/-186
  Some other race 131,739 17.9 6.3% +/-9,676
Two or more races 14,466 2.0 2.0% +/-2,652

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 599,353 81.4 14.8% *****

 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Explanation of Symbols:
'***' - The median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
'*****' - The estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
'N' - Data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
'(X)' - The value is not applicable or not available.

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